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A town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 11,392 people.
Strong in places, weak in others. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Taken together, its subjects give Le Haillan a C+ overall, better than 45% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #56 of 100 in Gironde. Its strongest subject is jobs & income (A) — 1.7 jobs per working resident; 8.3% unemployment. Walkability is another plus — 93% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for schools and B for health.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Le Haillan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Haillan with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Haillan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de la Dame Blanche, in Le Taillan-Médoc, 2.2 mi away.
1.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Le Haillan. Best known first.
MuseumAncienne église Saint-Vincent de Mérignac4.5 km southeast, in MérignacChâteauChâteauChâteau Lescombes1.9 km east, in EysinesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Blanquefort4.7 km northeast, in BlanquefortChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Mothe-Gajac2.1 km northwest, in Saint-Médard-en-JallesChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Dame Blanche3.7 km north, in Le Taillan-MédocPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Haillan.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Le Haillan goes for €3,646/m², an apartment for €3,388/m². The estimated advertised rent is €13.96/m² a month, close to Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €13.59/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,646/m² | 223 |
| Apartments | €3,388/m² | 254 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stands at 8.3%. Public transport took 8.8% of Le Haillan’s working residents to work at the census. At the census, 2.2% of working residents in Le Haillan didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Le Haillan has 9,300 jobs for 5,550 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 6.5 cases of violence against people and 22.1 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Its tally for 2025: 337 recorded offenses. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Le Haillan (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.3% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town. The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, about level with compared French towns (11%) and above Gironde’s towns (10%). One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Le Haillan | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 8 general practitioners in Le Haillan. Its care home for older people (61 places) counts its residents as Le Haillan’s; allowing for it, deaths were 17% below expected. 719 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 800: 10% below. Average lifespans in Gironde: 86.4 years for women, 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #54 of 93 in Gironde.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Émile ZolaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 109 | 92%−3 pts |
| Lycée Sud Médoc - La BoétieNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 475 | 99%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Charles PéguyBest against expectations: 23 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 92 | 85%+23 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Le Haillan is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Le Haillan as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Haillan | 11,392 | — | C+ | D | C− | B |
| Eysines | 24,825 | 1.6 | C+ | D | D | A− |
| Le Taillan-Médoc | 11,073 | 2.4 | B− | D | C+ | B+ |
| Saint-Médard-en-Jalles | 32,910 | 2.6 | A− | D | B | A |
| Mérignac | 78,090 | 3.1 | B− | D | C− | B+ |
| Blanquefort | 17,215 | 3.6 | C | D | D | A− |
| Bruges | 20,020 | 3.7 | B− | D | D | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #68 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 92 burglaries and 100 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns and #54 of 93 in Gironde. 99% of 475 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Sud Médoc - La Boétie in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Haillan grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Le Haillan is a commune of 11,392 people in the Bordeaux Métropole. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.